Izincwadi zihlala zisengozini kakhulu uma zipenda amaholo. Kwenzeka ngezikhathi zempi eYurophu, isibonelo, futhi kwenzeka okufanayo e-Afrika namuhla, namanje ngaphansi kwemithetho yangaphandle, ezivumelwaneni eziwubukhazikhazi nezokuziphatha okubi phakathi komashiqela namademokhrasi; ezimpini ezingapheli nezikhohliwe; ezindaweni zemvelo ezisongelwa. I-Afrika inakho konke okudingayo ukuze kuvuswe onembeza endabeni yababhali abazinikezele esisusa sokudluliselwa kwezinto ezingokoqobo.
Yebo, i-Afrika ephuma ebukoloniyali baseYurophu inemithwalo yayo okunzima ukuyihlukanisa. Ngenxa yokuthi bazuza omunye komunye ngaphansi kwemifelandawonye engachazeki. UMia Couto usitshela ngaphezu kwakho konke mayelana neMozambique eyahlukanisiwe ne-Portugal eyasungula kuphela ubukoloni e-Indian Ocean entsha njengendawo yokumisa nendawo yamabhizinisi azo zonke izinhlobo. Okwedlule nokwamanje njengesimo esingajwayelekile...
Futhi yebo, nakuba kungase kubonakale kuyinqaba, izinganekwane zinomsebenzi omningi okumelwe wenziwe kulo mkhakha wokusondela kwamaqiniso angcwatshiwe, angakhululekile ngisho namaqiniso ahlabayo. Ngoba kusukela endabeni yosuku siyakwazi ukuba nozwelo olukhulu kunokuvela ku-Chronic noma intatheli. Kuyoba ngenxa yokusatshalaliswa kolwazi kanye nokuchayeka ngokweqile olwazini oluhlala luchithwa ekusaseni lalo elimatasatasa.
Impela ababhali bayathanda mina couto Ziyadingeka ukuze kuqhanyukwe nezimo zangempela ezakhiwe ngomqondo ongokomlando wokwenziwa. Endabeni yakhe, i-Mozambique i-paradigm, kuyilapho i-Afrika ingase ibe isandiso se-synecdoche ekhona, yamasiko kanye ne-colonial asevele ekhombe kuyo. UChinua Achebe.
Amanoveli aphezulu anconyiwe angu-3 ngu-Mia Couto
I-Absence Mapper
UDiogo Santiago, ungqondongqondo ohlonishwayo waseMozambique, ubuyela emuva kweminyaka engekho eBeira, idolobha lakubo, ukuyothola inkokhiso. Lapho uhlangana no-Liana Campos, owesifazane kazibuthe futhi ongaqondakali ahlanganyela naye okwedlule okusazoxazululwa.
Kulokhu, uDiogo ukhumbula uhambo alwenza noyise beya e-Inhaminga, indawo eyayigcwele amasosha angamakoloni angamaPutukezi, befuna isihlobo esilahlekile, kanye nophawu lokuthi ukuhlangana kwakhe nosizi nempi okokuqala kwakuzomshiya kuye. Izinkumbulo zizomholela ekuvezeni isibalo sikayise, imbongi, umuntu wesifazane kodwa ogcwele ukwethembeka nesibindi; ekanina, egcwele amavesi omyeni wakhe, nawabanye abalingiswa basebuntwaneni azomsiza ukuba akhanyisele ezakhe izimfihlakalo.
Ngokungahlosile, u-Diogo uzosekela uLiana emzamweni wakhe wokuthola amaqiniso endaba yakhe, eqala ngowesifazane owela esikhaleni esivela phezulu kwesakhiwo. Ukubaphelezela njengomlingiswa oyedwa, ukuba khona kwesiphepho esiseduze kuzoqeda ukunyakazisa izisekelo zesikhathi esedlule sakho kokubili.
umhlaba wokulala
Impi yombango yashuba eMozambique ngeminyaka yama-XNUMX futhi abantu babaleka amakhaya abo. Umdala uTuahir kanye noMuidinga, umfana owatakulwa emgodini ayezongcwatshwa kuwo, bafuna indawo yokukhosela ebhasini elishile. Phakathi kwemiphumela yomuntu siqu yomunye wabagibeli abashonile, bathola izincwadi zokubhalela ezilandisa ngempilo yakhe. Njengoba u-Muidinga ezifunda, leyo ndaba neyakhe ibonakala zenzeka ngokufana futhi ihamba phakathi kweqiniso nephupho.
I-Mozambican Trilogy
Lena, phakathi kokunye, indaba yokulangazelela nokuwa koMbusi uNgungunyane, inkosi yaseGaza, eMozambique. Kuphinde kube yindaba ka-Imani, intokazi yesizwe samaVachopi owazalwa phakathi nekhulu leshumi nesishiyagalolunye, indodakazi yomlotha wodadewabo nomndeni wamasosha angamaNguni.
Ngenkathi amazwe eVachopi ehlaselwa uMbusi uNgungunyane, izakhamuzi zakhona zazihlanganisa nobukhosi bamaPutukezi futhi le ndawo yaba ikoloni elisha laseGoroa. Futhi lokhu kuyindaba yokudingiswa kukaSergeant Germano de Melo, isosha laseRiphabhulikhi elizokwenza u-Imani umhumushi wakhe, futhi uthando lwakhe luzovusa ukungqubuzana kwezombusazwe, ezombusazwe kanye nezizwe: uMbuso waseGaza uzogcina unqotshiwe ngo-1895 IsiPutukezi, inkosi yalo izodingiswa e-Azores futhi inganekwane ithi kuphela ibhokisi eligcwele isihlabathi esasala kuye nombuso wakhe.
